Could there be a message here for the last days? What are these two nations it is talking about?
Deuteronomy 7:6. "For you are a people Holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people, His treasured possession."
Exodus 32:29. "Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and He has blessed you this day.”
Matthew 22:37-38. "He told him,"'You are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.'This is the greatest and most important mitzvah (command)." Revelation 12:17. "The dragon was infuriated over the woman and went off to fight the rest of her children, those who obey God's commands and bear witness to Yeshua."
Therefore, (Romans 9:6-15:) "It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Consider then. Wherever they, the Jews go, they rise to the top and provoke the nation they are in. Here in UK they were brought in by William the First. He won the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Within four years they were in because William saw they were good with finances! And, they were out again in 1290. We kicked them out because they provoked us common natives because they were subjects of the king only. Why should they be so rich at our expense - it's called usury and demanding at interest?
It was the same in Spain. Think it was 1493? Never mind it was exactly the same day in both cases, the 9th of Av, when also the 10 spies gave a bad report of the land of Canaan to Moses. (I'll talk about that some other time.)
Think it was the same in Hungary. When they paid off the loan to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and kicked them out it seemed more like they were kicking out the ultra rich Jews associated with it and acting like wasps around the nation as if they are royalty. Still, (Genesis 12:1-3.) "The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
So things have been set up as we can see. Abram was as the seed or exalted father, the Israelites now separated still as 2 tribes, Judah & Benjamin, referred to as the Jews and the other 10 which I'm collectively calling Israelites. Later his name was changed to Abraham the extra ha(!) representing the nations meaning father of many.
If we look forward, therefore, to the time of Jacob and Esau we see that things didn't turn out too well. God, of course, knew this and put in place to bless the descendants of both. Only thing that changed was the nation through whom God's salvation would happen.
The Spirit of Edom, however, has continued through the ages. Now in the end times, Edom is coming back to regain his birthright. We need, therefore, to look at the Zechariah passage to see how these end times and how they will come into place. Zechariah 12:10-14 recounts the end time coming upon the earth. This can be seen in the statement: "They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son." Here's the whole passage (above bit underlined):
(Mourning for the One They Pierced.)
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the One they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, and all the rest of the clans and their wives.
Let's look at it carefully. The house of David is there. This is Judah. The Jews will be there. The clan of Shimei will be there too. This is Benjamin. The 2 tribes together as before. Went into captivity in Babylon and came back together although all 12 were invited by the decree of Cyrus but only these did so. This is true also of the great exile in 70 A.D. Now they have started coming back together (all 12 but mostly just the 2) after becoming a nation in 1948. Still, the 10 tribes of captivity (before Judah), taken away by the Chaldeans, are still in the nations prospering until the hunters come, running the world from behind the scenes until He (God) takes away there safety and they come home. Also, the clan of the house of Levi and their wives. The priesthood is there back in The Land represented by the Ultra Orthodox and other groups. They are there in some form running the synagogues, leading in veneration around the Holy sites, educating in Torah, etc. Here, just as they were in Jesus time. This is the important point. As they were in Jesus time so they will be in the end! It's a dress rehearsal. The Jews rejected Him the first time. The second time the whole world will. Oh dear!
Who's missing? One other group which isn't mentioned in this passage but will also play there part. It is Rome. Rome will be there too. So as the end times are shaken out (God is doing the shaking) and seen for what they are war will come to the fore. (See previous blog.) As the groupings start to take shape look out for Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, Turkey and ISIS to come into coalition. Is Islamic World War coming forward?
Consider the ways of our God. Deuteronomy 7:10. "But those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction; he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him." Nehemiah 9:17. "They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them." Also, 2 Peter 3:9. "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
Amen.